Bishop Julián Ruiz Martorell

Bishop Julián Ruiz Martorell was born on 19 January 1957 in Cuenca. He attended the seminary of Zaragoza, where he carried out his ecclesiastical studies. He was ordained a priest in Zaragoza on 24 October 1981. He obtained a licentiate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University and a licentiate in sacred scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute. He has held the following offices: associate of the parish of Santa Rafaela María de Porras (1988-1993); director of the Nuestra Señora del Pilar Higher Institute of Religious Sciences (1991-1995); chaplain of the religious Community of the Teresiano del Pilar College (1994-2010); professor of sacred scripture of the Regional Centre for Theological Studies of Aragón (1998-2005); director of the Zaragoza Centre of the San Agustín Higher Institute of Religious Sciences (1999-2005); delegate for worship and pastoral care of the Basilica of Nuestra Señora del Pilar in Zaragoza (2007-2010) and vicar general of the archdiocese (2009-2010). He was appointed bishop of the diocese of Huesca and of Jaca, united in persona Episcopi, on 30 December 2010, receiving episcopal consecration on 5 March of the following year. Since 2020 he has been a member of the Episcopal Commission for Evangelization, Catechesis and the Catechumenate.